{"id":297418,"date":"2023-11-18T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T15:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=297418"},"modified":"2023-11-18T15:24:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T15:24:14","slug":"mcgoldrick-is-the-teenage-prodigy-now-blossoming-in-his-thirties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mcgoldrick-is-the-teenage-prodigy-now-blossoming-in-his-thirties\/","title":{"rendered":"McGoldrick is the teenage prodigy now blossoming in his thirties"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>EXCLUSIVE: David McGoldrick is the teenage prodigy now blossoming in his thirties&#8230; after being sold by Notts County aged 16 due to their financial troubles, the veteran striker is back and scoring goals where it all began<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David McGoldrick has been in impressive form for boyhood side Notts County\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The veteran has gotten better with age and is blossoming where it all began\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Sutton is stunned by Ian Ladyman&#8217;s England Euro XI: It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David McGoldrick always promised himself he would one day return to Notts County. Back where he began as a ball-boy, making his first-team debut while still at school then sold at 16 to help keep the club alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I know it\u2019s a sentimental story,\u2019 says the 35-year-old. \u2018I always said I wanted to come back and there aren\u2019t many times in football when you say something like that and find it actually happens, but it\u2019s not just sentiment. It\u2019s about my career and I genuinely thought coming home, back to Notts County was the best thing for me at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They were back up in the EFL and I wanted to be part of the journey. A two-year deal gave me a bit of security and it\u2019s going so well. I\u2019m learning from a fantastic manager. There\u2019s a great set of players. No egos. I\u2019m enjoying every minute.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>For a time in May 2022, McGoldrick thought his playing career had reached its natural end. He had been three months out with injury, his Sheffield United contract was expiring and his phone was cold.<\/p>\n<p>Having made a Premier League debut at 31, scored goals in the top flight and won 14 Republic of Ireland caps, he was ready to accept his time might be up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/12\/77962015-12765161-image-a-16_1700311535030.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David McGoldrick is back scoring goals where it all began at his boyhood club Notts County<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/12\/77962013-12765161-image-a-17_1700311558845.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The veteran striker is enjoying his return to the club where he grew up as a ball boy before being sold as a 16-year-old<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I didn\u2019t know if I wanted to carry on,\u2019 he says. \u2018My phone wasn\u2019t ringing for three weeks. I thought that was me. Then I started seeing people I knew go back for pre-season and thought, \u201cNo, I\u2019m not done yet\u201d. I got up and got myself going again.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>McGoldrick joined Derby County and fired in 25 goals in 45 appearances. Didzy, as he has been nicknamed since school, is the teenage prodigy blossoming in his 30s.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I got into the Premier League at an age when people are normally coming out,\u2019 he smiles. \u2018I started to play well then. I can\u2019t put it down to anything other than hard work, the way I live my life and maturing as a person.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve learned to let go of always trying to be a footballer, accepting you can\u2019t change results afterwards, finding other things to make you happy. I enjoyed being a parent.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I used to take the lows badly when I was younger. Not playing. I see young players on social media straight after the game. I don\u2019t know why you would do that. Negative comments are going to happen. If Messi and Ronaldo get negative comments, why would it be different for any other footballer?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/12\/77962213-12765161-image-a-18_1700311655701.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old has had a good start to the season with six goals from his first 13 games<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Work hard, be true to yourself and the good stuff will come to you. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve learned later in my career.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With wisdom like that to dispense, there\u2019s no wonder Derby boss Paul Warne wanted to keep McGoldrick in the dressing room at Pride Park, but the lure of Meadow Lane was already working its magic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019d watched Notts County from afar, been to a few games,\u2019 he says. \u2018I was at Wembley with my mates for the play-off final. My heart properly in my mouth with the penalties. We celebrated with a Burger King at the M1 services.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Then came the call from manager Luke Williams. \u2018He made it clear he wanted me. I made it clear to him I wanted to come back and we found a way to make it work.\u2019 McGoldrick signed in June. In some ways, but not all, it was like turning the clock back 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Same place, same smell, same everything,\u2019 he says. \u2018Familiar faces on the main gate and the ground staff but a totally different atmosphere. They were all buzzing from promotion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/12\/77962245-12765161-image-a-19_1700311709475.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He scored 22 times for Derby in League One last year but was delighted to joins Notts County as he helps them fight for promotion<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There was a bit of carnage when I was there before. Financially, it was a tough time for the club. I was still in Year 11 at school when I made my debut. Had to get Friday off to train with the team and travel to Bournemouth, then I started on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a crazy time but I was only a kid so wasn\u2019t really worrying until near the end of the season when they told me they were selling me because they needed the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was an asset. I was told they\u2019d agreed a deal with Tottenham. Then it was Southampton and Everton. I decided to go to Southampton but it was all down to the money. They got half a million, up front I think, which helped the club.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>McGoldrick joined Southampton\u2019s youth ranks and reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2005, part of a side featuring Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott and Adam Lallana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/12\/77962217-12765161-image-a-20_1700311766505.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>McGoldrick &#8211; who was a Premier League striker with Sheffield United as recently as 2021 &#8211; insists there is &#8216;no limit&#8217; to where County can go<\/p>\n<p>But it was also the start of a restless decade. There were three loan moves, including six games back at Notts County, and a \u00a31million move to Nottingham Forest followed by three more loans, including 16 goals in 22 games for Coventry.<\/p>\n<p>Then came five-and-a-half years at Ipswich before that late flourish at Sheffield United. To be back home at Notts County, fighting for promotion from League Two and trying restore the league\u2019s oldest club to former glories seems like a perfect way to close a circle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s no limit to where the club can go,\u2019 said McGoldrick, speaking at an after-school Kicks session at Southglade leisure centre in the north of the city, as part of the EFL\u2019s community week of action.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s a club on the up and, yes, with the status of the club, and gates of 15,000 we should be higher. It won\u2019t happen overnight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I hope people don\u2019t think we can just keep climbing and without hard work but hopefully good times will come.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12765161\/David-McGoldrick-teenage-prodigy-blossoming-thirties-sold-Notts-County-aged-16-financial-troubles-veteran-striker-scoring-goals-began.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: David McGoldrick is the teenage prodigy now blossoming in his thirties&#8230; 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